I have had a few questions lately about the process I used a few semesters ago to create new movable type from plywood and plexiglass, so I thought I’d recap that process today and show a test print I made several months ago using both my wood type and the plexi type. I have access to a great laser printer though the industrial design department at Auburn University, and it seemed ...

This set is the final we created this semester, and was a direct reproduction of Matinee Gothic, a wonderful typeface designed by Jim Parkinson. I found the typeface when I was trying to find a font with the mysterious M in it, and while this typeface has a much different M, the rest of the letterforms match the one’s from the lot I purchased fairly closely. This is the Mystery font ...

After we had success creating and printing a partial set of movable type to complete the Futura Condensed typeface, we moved on to creating one set derived from a specimen from Rob Roy Kelly’s book, Untitled 504 (Rob Roy Kelly mis-identified this face as Untitled 154 in American Wood Type, many thanks to the invaluable Rob Roy Kelly Collection website). I’ve always wanted a set in this typeface so it ...

Phase one of my research in creating new forms of movable type.